Do You Say Symbol or Cutiemark?

[Leave a Whisper]

What do you call the picture on the pony? Symbol? Cutiemark? Or something else entirely? I call it a symbol, I've always called it a symbol.

 

[Aadra310]

Symbol. Cutie mark is just too, well, cutesy. My ponies went on amazing adventures to vanquish the evil pony overlord (who was always played by Merry Treat because I was an odd child)! Cutie mark isn't daring enough, isn't dangerous enough, isn't AWESOME ENOUGH!

 

[starbeam]

Buttcheek tattoo




I already said that on the Arena, but I don't care. LETS SPREAD THE BUTTCHEEK TATTOO LOVE!


I don't care either way. I would call them whatever pops up in my mind first *prepares for pitchfork attack*

 

[dragonkiss207]

It's funny, I call it symbol and my husband calls it a cutie mark. He only knows about ponies from FiM so I guess that makes sense.

 

[Skeen]

Symbol. G1's didn't have cutie marks and they're what I grew up with.

 

[Mimic]

Symbols or birthmarks; mostly the former, though. I grew up with G3s but I've always thought that Cutie-Mark sounded silly.

 

[PrincessBubbles]

I've always called cutie marks symbols. Easier to say than cutie mark and some of their symbols aren't that cute and their more symbols than marks. I don't know thats just my opinion

 

[starbeam]

Meh, I will call them Cutie Marks. Why not? I also grew up in G3, but G1 sounds more....... Unrealistic. I think its just my way of thinking. I dunno.


~Baby Quackers

 

[autumn rose]

I call them symbols.

 

[Gingerbread]

I'm old school, I say symbol. Though sometimes when describing I to non-collectors I might say, "the one with clovers on her butt".

 

[evilbunnyfoofoo]

I use both, as my niece is so rabid she talked Ponies all day every day while she lived with me for about a year and she got me saying "cutie mark" as well as symbol.

I also say "butt mark" which is not as nice, but what the hay.

 

[h1m3.]

I use both, when writing in English
If I talk Finnish then I always use symbol (in Finnish Symboli. The cutie mark will turn in really funny word in Finnish, Söpöysmerkki... it is direct translation)

 

[ladyofthenight]

I say both. It was always symbol until FiM came along with the cutie mark nonsense... but then I got into the habit of saying that too, especially since it's used so often in the fandom and among the younger collectors. And I kind of like the head-canon that the show gave for them, too.

 

[piinkypiie]

I heard someone call it a Tramp stamp?

 

[Skeen]

I guess if someone commissions me for a G4 plush I say "Do you want this color for the cutie mark" but if it was a G1 custom I'd ask if the color was ok for the symbol. I change on the target audience, lol!

 

[sweetiebabyfizzy]

Symbol. Always.

PS - cutie mark started with G3! It is not from G4. Personally I wish they would have just dropped cutie mark and went back to symbol, it sounds too cheesy

 

[pikapal]

It depends on the generation, but I use both.

 

[evilbunnyfoofoo]

I guess if someone commissions me for a G4 plush I say "Do you want this color for the cutie mark" but if it was a G1 custom I'd ask if the color was ok for the symbol. I change on the target audience, lol!

That's just smart marketing! Know your demographic!

 

[CandySwirl]

I call them symbols on G1s/G2s and Cutie Marks on G3s/G4s.

 

[LightningMana-MLPcustoms]

I say both, but started out only knowing them as symbols.

To be honest I prefer ponies without symbols... I think psychologically I feel symbols restrain or confine the boundaries of potential in creativity and design x.x

So I've noticed I tend to only do them when requested ^-^;